Presenting Gift Giving by The Closing Touch
A presentation on the innovative gift giving experience that is unique to The Closing Touch. We realize every touch with a customer/employee is an opportunity to create a special memory. Tct Sept09View more presentations from The Closing Touch.

Choosing the Right Social Media Tools for Your Business [Video]
Staying on top of Social Media tools is a huge undertaking and I prefer to watch those that are leading the way and read their reviews. Then I choose which to test for myself. It's been said that "experience is the best teacher"; while I subscribe to the school of thought that "wisdom learns from other's experience". All parents hope their child would be willing to learn from their experiences, that is after all why we walked both ways uphill to school barefoot. I do believe we can save a lot of time and money from learning who to follow and allow to influence our decisions. Mashable.com has proven to be an invaluable resource time and agai

About 80% of online retailers predict growth this holiday season.
In a recent article by The Wall Street Journal-Geoffrey A. Fowler it is stated that:The Web is shaping up to be one of retail's bright spots this holiday season, thanks in part to a new take on an old-fashioned retail idea: good service.At a time when traditional retailers are being ultra conservative, many Web sites have been spending to make shipping times faster, consumer-generated reviews better, and to offer new features such as online layaways. Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out more "frustration-free" packages that replace hard-to-open plastic clamshells; eBay Inc. is highlighting merchants with the best ratings; and Sears Holdin

Are you convinced of the need for Social Media?
Social Media....the buzz, the confusion, the variety and the Choice!After spending over 20 years in the technology field, I decided to build my own website to promote my existing Gift & Incentive business online. Now everyone knows that the place to build retail businesses right now is online, correct? In fact I was introduced to the S-Curve of technology - a theory by Harry S. Dent when I first began with an online business in 1999 and as predicted by this theory Internet shopping has passed the 10% mark in the past 10 years. Therefore, over the next ten years we are going to be witnesses to incredible growth.

OfficialWire: Four Tips For Effective Social Media Use
There is no question about it- social media are changing our lives. Here are four tips on the effective use of social media for individuals and companiesSocial media loosely defines all types of communications channels where the contents are created and shared by the people. There are so many types of social media- blogs, flickr and other photo-sharing media, YouTube, LinkedIn, Multiply, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, etc. They have become so ingrained in people’s daily lives and in our society that they really are changing the way people communicate and even how they live their lives.There are so many uses for social media, and individuals an